Performing Additional Super User Functions; Taking Over A Read-Write Session; Erasing The System Database - 3Com SuperStack II PathBuilder S330 Reference Manual

Performing Additional
Super User Functions
Taking over a
Read-Write Session
Erasing the System
Database
3 Select [1] Set Super User Password, [2] Set Read-Write Password, or [3] Set
Read-Only Password to set the desired password.
The following prompt appears at the bottom of the screen:
Enter New Password:
4 Enter the new password. The password appears as asterisks on the screen as you
enter it.
CAUTION: Be sure to record your new password and keep the record in a safe
place. If you forget your password and have no record of it, you can contact 3Com
for assistance, but we may need to delete your database in order to solve the
problem.
The following prompt appears:
Re-enter New Password:
5 Re-enter the password you entered in step 4.
A message appears, indicating that the password has been saved.
6 Select [4] Previous Menu to return to the Super User Privilege menu.
In addition to setting passwords, you can also take over read-write sessions and
erase the system database from the Super User Privilege menu, shown earlier in
Figure 43.
The PathBuilder S330S310 allows only one read-write session at a time. If you
have super user privileges, however, you can take over a read-write session
without logging off. When you take over a read-write session, the previous
read-write session is forced to a read-only session.
To take over a read-write session, follow these steps:
1 From the Super User Privilege menu, shown earlier in Figure 43 select [2] Take
Over Read-Write Session.
The following prompt appears:
Do you want to take over read-write session (Y/N) [N]?
2 Enter y to take over the read-write session.
The following message appears:
The current session has been changed to Read-Write!
Press any key to return.
3 Press any key to resume your session in read-write mode.
The interface for the user whose read-write session you took over will switch to
read-only mode the next time that user changes screens.
In certain situations—if anomalous behavior on the part of the PathBuilder
S330/S310 makes you suspect that the database has been corrupted, or if you
have moved a unit from a different location, for example—you may want to
consider erasing the system database and starting from scratch. You must have
super user privileges in order to erase the system database.

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